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Corruption
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Using a Cooperating Witness to Run for Political Office as Part of an Undercover Corruption Investigation in West Virginia Triggers Prosecutorial Misconduct Claim
By Ellen Podgor
A Washington Post article (here) describes how the former mayor of a small town in southwestern West Virginia ran for office as part of an undercover FBI investigation to ferret…
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By Ellen Podgor
Keeping with this week's theme of corruption, former Republican Congressional candidate Adam Taff entered a guilty plea to one count of mail fraud and one count of violating the Federal…
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Republican Congressman Enters Guilty Plea to Bribery Conspiracy and Tax Evasion
By Ellen Podgor
San Diego-area Republican Rep. Randy (Duke) Cunningham entered a guilty plea in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to conspiracy and tax evasion charges related to…
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By Ellen Podgor
Charles Walker, a former Senate Majority leader in Georgia, and someone who the Atlanta Jrl Constitution (see here) calls "once the most powerful African-American politician in Georgia", is set for…
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Tom DeLay is Learning that Justice Moves Slowly
By Ellen Podgor
Tom DeLay is having his first lesson on speed in the courts and the slow judicial process. According to the Wall St Jrl. here, DeLay will have to file written…
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Coalition Provisional Authority Official Charged with Corruption
By Ellen Podgor
The government has charged Robert Stein, a former comproller for the South Central Region of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, with accepting gifts from Philip Bloom in exchange for…
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Corruption Charges Filed Against Detroit City Councilman
By Ellen Podgor
Just to show that Philadelphia does not have a corner on the municipal corruption market -- only NFL trauma-dramas -- Detroit City Councilman Alonzo Bates was indicted on charges related…
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FBI Joins Special Ops Command Investigation
By Ellen Podgor
The St. Pete Times reports (here) that the FBI has joined the investigation of possible corruption and procurement fraud at the Special Operations Command (SOCom), which is headquartered at MacDill…
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Scrushy Pleads Not Guilty
By Ellen Podgor
It should not come as a surprise that Richard Scrushy entered a not guilty plea to corruption charges contained in an indictment filed in the Middle District of Alabama. Invoking…
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Philadelphia City Councilman Charged With Corruption
By Ellen Podgor
Philadelphia City Councilman Rick Mariano, who made a brief sojourn to the top of City Hall last week to contemplate his circumstances, was indicted along with five others on corruption,…